How to do a chamber?

Last week Petriina and I gave our first consultation on setting up a Chamber of Commerce. We met with Aleksandr Khachaturyan (wonder if that's a common name ...) who wants to start the Armenain – British Chamber of Commerce in the coming months. Preparing for the meeting was really quite salutary for me in that it served to remind me of just how far the BECC has come in the past 10 years. It was nice to be able to speak from an experienced perspecive and advise on some fundamental issues which are important to get right from the get go. In other words it was a rare opportunity to talk about all those lessons learned !